Wednesday, June 7, 2017

65 Ways to Un-Trump the World

Donald Trump sucks, right? He’s odious and terrible and he Trumps up everything.

It’s easy to get
depressed when the dark, noxious shadow of a nasty man-baby who has neither the
teeniest bit of impulse control nor awareness of anything outside of his own
interests looms over us. He is a human trigger warning surrounded by a bunch of lackeys
in the form of advisors, highly paid babysitters and political allies who mostly see him as a handy
distraction that allows them to loot and pillage while the getting is good. Despite
this Trumping up of our world, though, I have to believe that all hope is not
lost. With a little creativity and resourcefulness, we can Un-Trump it and
un-Trump it for real this time. Because, let's face it, we can't let ourselves off the hook for the fact that the world was not exactly going in a positive direction before he became president. Ever. There were and are a lot of very Trumpy attitudes and conditions that we can't blame squarely on him. We can start to fix it, though, starting today.

Honestly, we could be
in the dawn of a new age, and you could be a big part of it. Here are a
few ideas to get you started…

1. Plant a garden. If you don’t have a yard, join a community garden or
just grow some herbs in your windows. Don’t forget fireescape
plants.
2. Do you have a front yard that’s not doing much but growing grass? Transform
it into a free-for-everyone garden smorgasbord and be part of a movement that
can help reduce hunger and increase access to nutritious foods in your
community with the resources from the Food
is Free Project. Or do you have a bumper crop of produce? (How much
zucchini can one person eat?) (Yes, I know zucchini bread but come on!) Set up
a card table with a cute little sign and let your neighbors know that it’s for
the taking.
3. Minimize your
purchasing of plastic.
One simple strategy: bring your own reusable containers for bulk foods and bags
– including bags for produce – to the grocery store.
4. Speaking of, bringing your own containers
for leftovers when you eat out, along with packing stainless straws, mugs and
reusable cutlery when you’re out in the world, is a great way to minimize waste
and Un-Trump the world.
5. Trump hates the Black Lives Matter movement, which means, of course, that
you should wear a BLM button wherever you go and join their events.
6. Brush up on your recycling
skills for your household and find
the best recycling center near you. Localities differ so familiarize yourself
with how it works by you.
7. Want to help reverse the Trump legacy of tenant exploitation? Get trained in
and volunteer for a tenants’ rights hotline.
(This is a Chicago-based organization but many urban areas have their own
tenants’ rights groups.) There are also Fair Housing volunteering opportunities
in many communities. Seriously, Trump’s real estate developer father was such a
racist lowlife that Woody Guthrie, a one-time tenant, wrote a song
about him in 1950.
8. Create art: from sidewalk chalk to paint, pottery to macramé, art is the antidote
to dull authoritarianism.
9. Write a letter – or send a thoughtful message – to someone who has been
really meaningful in your life. Be vulnerable. Tell them what they have meant
to you. Send it.
10. Make plans with friends. Don’t break them.
11. Commit to your own happiness first. Put the oxygen mask on yourself first
and then you are able to help others.
12. If you’re ready, make a lifetime commitment to a homeless animal at a
shelter.
13. Shop less; thrift more.
14. Go vegan.
Eating animals is tyrannical, unnecessary, cruel and dooming to future
generations.
15. Become active with a Buy
Nothing group near you or start one.
16. Host a potluck.
17. You know one of the best ways to Un-Trump the world? Laugh. Trump never
laughs and he has no discernable sense of humor.
A sense of humor is essential for mental health always but especially in these troubling
times. Watch the funniest movie you know, hang out with your uproariously
hilarious bestie, revisit memories that are sure to have you in stitches and
laugh, baby, laugh.
18. Organize a trash pick-up day in your neighborhood.
19. Get all your members of Congress on your phone and call those suckas.
20. You can send up to five free faxes
to your members of Congress each day, too. Just write your message on the cover
letter and hit send.
21. Show up at their town hall
meetings, too.
22. Do free yoga.
23. Buy an indoor plant or two. Plan on keeping it alive.
24. Walk, bike or take public transit more, drive less.
25. Aim for at least 30 minutes of exercise a day; find movement that you love.
26. Donate your produce scraps to a local composter or community garden if you can’t
or don’t compost yourself.
27. Go through deputy registrar training so you can register people to vote.
Communities across the country have free trainings.
28. Remember to smile at cashiers, servers, sales clerks, etc. It just takes a
moment and it can brighten someone’s day.
29. Aromatherapy can help lift your mood and make you feel less Trumpy. Try one
of these blends.
30. Tackle your clutter and donate to resale shops, especially those with a
charitable and progressive mission like Chicago’s Brown Elephant.
31. Take a 24-hour fast of complaining.
Ugh, it’s a challenge, I know.
32. Volunteer!
33. Don’t take yourself so damn seriously. You know who takes himself way too
seriously? Yes, you do. He’s gross.
34. Donate to NARAL or Planned Parenthood post-haste.
35. Have a friend or neighbor who is a caregiver? Offer to pick up groceries
and drop them off the next time you go.
36. Take an anti-racistworkshop.
37. Do you know someone who is elderly, sick, depressed or disabled and could
use some help with walking, feeding, or bathing his or her companion animal?
The love of a companion animal is an invaluable gift for those who have
challenges but only if they are not overwhelmed by their care.
38. Or can you just help around the house, weeding the garden, sorting mail,
etc.?
39. Make sure you don’t get dehydrated. I find keeping my favorite mug at my
desk to be the perfect reminder. If you’re dizzy and tired, how are you going
to foment the new world order? Revisit #11 if you must.
40. Make your own housecleaning products to
reduce your use of chemicals, save money and buy less wasteful packaging.
41. Call an old friend you don’t talk to often enough and spend an hour or two
catching up.
42. Listen to your favorite music and have a dance party! You know how much Trump
would hate that? Lots!43. Pay for an online subscription to the news outlets you trust to help support
quality traditional and independent journalism.
44. Watch a documentary
or two to become better
educated about important subjects.
45. Perhaps the most Un-Trumpian thing you could do? Write a heartfelt apology
to someone you have wronged even in the distant past. Expect nothing in return.
Living or dead, it doesn’t matter: just apologize.
46. Have you found yourself being petty, small-minded and resentful? When I get
like this, I know it’s time to reestablish my practice of keeping a gratitude
journal and write in it every night. Yes, it may feel hokey at first but it
works. The practice of building awareness of the things we should be grateful
for causes us to not only notice the positive things that happen more in our daily
lives and appreciate them but I believe that it also compels us to create more
opportunities worthy of gratitude, which seriously Un-Trumps the world. This is
a good primer.
46. When you find yourself feeling reactive, slow down and begin to feel your heart
beat. Feel your pulse manually if that helps at first and then begin to sense
it without feeling it with your fingers. This will slow you down and bring you
back to the present moment.
47. Plant native species flora
if you have a garden.
48. Also, grow lots of plants
that also are beneficial to pollinators.
49. Spend the day in nature and leave your phone at home. You can do it. I
believe in you.
50. Raise your children to be feminists: yes, boys,
too, because not only is feminism about equality at the end of the day - so
they should be for it - a patriarchal framework is limiting to and diminishing
of everyone. Check out this post
and longer book
by the glorious Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie for inspiration. Oh, feminists really Un-Trump the world. Don’t have children? Good on you! Mentor
your nieces and nephews.
51. Are you a dude and do you do a lot of interrupting?
Seriously, stop it. It’s Trumpy.
52. Get familiar with what mansplaining
is and stop doing it. STAT.
53. And while we’re on the topic of gross things: manspreading
is gross and also Trumpy.
54. The next time it’s been raining, put on your rain boots and splash in some
puddles. Serious fun!
55. Do your daily activism.
For serious.
56. Read, read,
read
and then read
some more. Books are a powerful antiserum against Trump.
57. Leave fresh water out for the birds.
58. When was the last time you rolled down a hill (on purpose!), swung on a
swing, made a dandelion crown, watched the clouds, had a lemonade stand, played
hopscotch, ran through a sprinkler, skipped down the sidewalk, played
duck-duck-goose or Marco Polo? Reconnect with your childhood joys to deflect toxic
Trumpiness.
59. Live in a progressive district? Lucky you! Help out others who aren’t so
fortunate by getting active with Swing Left
and help to swing the 2018 Congressional election.
60. Give at least one person a heartfelt, sincere compliment.
61. Forgive at least one person. “Resentment is like drinking poison and then
hoping it will kill your enemies.” Attributed to Nelson Mandela.
62. Learn a new language.
63. Shrink your water footprint.
64. Vow to do no harm but take no shit.
65. Stay alive, awake, tuned in, pissed off and full of grace.

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